Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Adjust the return value of _REV on x86

[Mario Limonciello]

On 03/24/2015 03:02 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 03:24:12 PM Matt Fleming wrote:
> While I agree in general, one comment.
>
> We haven't decided about the patch yet.  We may decide to bump up the _REV
> to 6 when ACPI 6 is out instead.
I'd be happy with this too.
> That said the whole using of _REV to special case Linux is broken by design
> and should be stopped immediately.  Especially when it is done by comparing
> the return value of _REV to a specific number (like 5 or 3).
>
> Rafael
Yes, it's been made clear to me that this shouldn't be used in the future.  I've shared that feedback to my BIOS architecture team.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/